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Dependent variables
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| Appointments with a General Practitioner |
Number of appointments with a General Practitioner in the last 4 weeks |
| Appointments with specialists |
Number of appointments with specialists in the last 4 weeks |
| Total number of doctor’s appointments |
Number of appointments with a General Practitioner or with specialists in the last 4 weeks |
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Need variables
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| Woman |
=1 if the individual is female; 0, if not |
| Age 15-24 |
=1 if the individual is between 15 and 24 years; 0, otherwise |
| Age 25-34 |
=1 if the individual is between 25 and 34 years; 0, otherwise |
| Age 35-44 |
=1 if the individual is between 35 and 44 years; 0, otherwise |
| Age 45-54 |
=1 if the individual is between 45 and 54 years; 0, otherwise |
| Age 55-64 |
=1 if the individual is between 55 and 64 years; 0, otherwise |
| Age 65-74 |
=1 if the individual is between 65 and 74 years; 0, otherwise |
| Age 75-84 |
=1 if the individual is between 75 and 84 years; 0, otherwise |
| Age >=85 |
=1 if the individual is 85 years or older; 0, if not (omitted category) |
| Good or very good health |
=1 if the individual self-assesses own health status as very good or good; 0, otherwise |
| Fair health |
=1 if the individual self-assesses own health status as fair; 0, otherwise |
| Bad or very bad health |
=1 if the individual self-assesses own health status as bad or very bad; 0, otherwise (omitted category) |
| Longstanding health problem |
=1 if the individual reports a longstanding health problem; 0, otherwise |
| Without limitations |
=1 if the individual does not feel limited in activities of daily living due to health; 0, otherwise (ADL - ‘activities of daily living’) |
| ADL few limitations |
=1 if the individual feels fairly limited in activities of daily living due to health; 0, otherwise (ADL - ‘activities of daily living’) |
| ADL mild limitations |
=1 if the individual feels mildly limited in activities of daily living due to health; 0, otherwise (ADL - ‘activities of daily living’) |
| ADL many limitations |
=1 if the individual feels very or extremely limited in activities of daily living due to health; 0, otherwise (ADL - ‘activities of daily living’) (omitted category) |
| Excess weight |
=1 if the individual has a body mass index equal to or above 25; 0, otherwise |
| Number of chronic diseases |
número de doenças crónicas sofridas pelo indivíduo nos últimos 12 meses Number of chronic diseases suffered by the individual in the last 12 months (sum of affirmative responses regarding: asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or emphysema, myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease or angina pectoris, hypertension, stroke, arthrosis, lower back pain or other chronic back pain, cervical pain or other chronic pain in the neck, diabetes, allergies, hepatic cirrhosis, urinary incontinence, kidney problems, depression and cholesterol) |
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Non-need variables
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| Income quintile 1 |
=1 if the individual is in 1st quintile of net monthly income per equivalent adult; 0 otherwise |
| Income quintile 2 |
=1 if the individual is in 2nd quintile of net monthly income per equivalent adult, 0 otherwise |
| Income quintile 3 |
=1 if the individual is in 3rd quintile of net monthly income per equivalent adult, 0 otherwise |
| Income quintile 4 |
=1 if the individual in in 4th quintile of net monthly income per equivalent adult, 0 otherwise |
| Income quintile 5 |
=1 if the individual is in the 5th quintile of net monthly income per equivalent adult, 0 otherwise (omitted category) |
| No education |
=1 if the individual did not attend school; 0 otherwise (omitted category) |
| Basic education |
=1 if the individual has completed the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cycles of basic education, 0 otherwise |
| Secondary Education |
=1 if the individual has completed secondary education, post-secondary education, or a technical-professional course, 0 otherwise |
| Higher education |
=1 if the individual has completed higher education, 0 otherwise |
| Urban area |
=1 if the area is densely populated; 0 otherwise |
| Mixed area |
=1 if the area is intermediate populated; 0 otherwise |
| Rural area |
=1 if the area is thinly populated; 0 otherwise (omitted category) |
| Lives alone |
=1 if the individual belongs to a one-person household; 0 otherwise |
| Single-parent household |
=1 if the individual belongs to a lone-parent household with at least one child under 25 years of age; 0 otherwise |
| Couple with younger children |
=1 if the individual belongs to a household with a couple and at least one child under 25 years of age; 0 otherwise |
| Couple with no children |
=1 if the individual belongs to a household with a couple and without children; 0 otherwise |
| Other type of household |
=1 if the individual belongs to a single-parent household or household with a couple in which all of the children are aged 25 years or older, or other type of household, 0 otherwise (omitted category) |
| Employed |
=1 if the individual is employed or is working; 0 otherwise |
| Unemployed |
=1 if the individual is unemployed; 0 otherwise |
| Other occupations |
=1 if the individual is unemployed; 0 otherwise |
| Married |
=1 if the individual is married or lives in a legal conjugal or de facto relationship; 0 otherwise |
| Widow(er) |
=1 if the individual is a widow(er) and lives alone or has no conjugal relationship; 0 otherwise |
| Divorced |
=1 if the individual is divorced and lives alone or has no conjugal relationship; 0 otherwise |
| Single |
=1 if the individual is single and lives alone or has no conjugal relationship; 0 otherwise (omitted category) |
| Only NHS |
=1 if the individual has no health subsystem nor private health insurance, 0 otherwise |
| North |
=1 if the individual belongs to NUTII North; 0 otherwise (omitted category) |
| Centre |
=1 if the individual belongs to NUTII Centre; 0 otherwise |
| Lisbon |
=1 if the individual belongs to NUTII Metropolitan area of Lisbon; 0 otherwise |
| Alentejo |
=1 if the individual belongs to NUTII Alentejo; 0 otherwise |
| Algarve |
=1 if the individual belongs to NUTII Algarve; 0 otherwise |
| Açores |
=1 if the individual belongs to NUTII Azores; 0 otherwise |
| Madeira |
=1 if the individual belongs to NUTII Madeira; 0 otherwise |
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The results for 2014 come from a previous study (Quintal and Antunes, 2020).Source: Authors.
The results for 2014 come from a previous study (Quintal and Antunes, 2020).Source: Authors.